The National Electronic Manufacturers have set a goal of removing Mercury from all batteries by 2011 and Energizer has set the standard by making this announcement as early as 2008! Energizer is now offering the only hearing aid battery that has no mercury to consumers.

Of equaly importance, Energizer points out that the mercury free hearing aid batteries do not drop in performance. This commitment to both the health of hearing aid users and the environment is wonderful to see and the team at Hearing Aids 1000 commends Energizer for this.

This step by Energizer follows the pattern that they set by removing all mercury from from household batteries in 1990. They were the leaders in this movement as well.

Certainly Duracell and other companies will follow the lead set by Energizer in the realm of hearing aids. The sooner the better is our thought on this and until they have, lets all reward energizer by purchasing their hearing aid batteries!

Duracell recently reported that their hearing aid batteries were recognized by the US national arthritis foundation as the best designed for arthritic people. Duracell proudly points out that the tabs on their hearing aid batteries are the longest on the market, in turn giving them an ease of use over others in the space.

The Duracell battery that has won the award is named the EasyTab battery and the tag line for their ad campaign was We hear you. Kudos to Duracell for creating the EasyTab hearing aid battery and kudos to the Arthritis foundation for recognizing their good work.

This news of Duracell’s achievement is the most exciting in the hearing aid battery space since Energizer announced that after 10 years of testing they have developed a zero-mercury hearing aid battery. Energizer, located in Vermont, celebrated their launch of zero-mercury batteries by donating them to needing seniors in the Vermont area.